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This list has 10 Wordle guesses; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.

Past Wordle answers: DODGE (February 18, 2022); DODGY (December 15, 2025); LODGE (February 27, 2025).

Top-ranked splitter DODGE
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
1.58 bits

It fits this list and can win immediately, while still splitting the alternatives well.

Hard Mode DODGE keeps every stated clue.

It is legal under the clues represented on this page. If you also know where a yellow letter cannot go, check that extra detail in the full Solver.

No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.

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DODGE

To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.

“He dodged traffic crossing the street.”

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Past Wordle answer: February 18, 2022.

DODGY

Evasive and shifty.

“Asked why, a spokesman gave a dodgy answer about legal ramifications.”

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Past Wordle answer: December 15, 2025.

LODGE

A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.

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Past Wordle answer: February 27, 2025.

BODGE

To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend, patch up, repair.

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Not found among the past answers in this archive.

BODGY

Fake; phony.

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MODGE

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PODGE

A fat person.

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Not found among the past answers in this archive.

PODGY

Slightly fat.

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WODGE

A bulk mass, usually of small items, particularly money; a wad

“He paid a wodge of dosh for his new motor from the car dealership.”

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WODGY

bulky, solid

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Not found among the past answers in this archive.

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